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Bald Eagle, Alaska

Bald Eagle, Alaska

Bald Eagle; Kachemak Bay, Alaska

I’m leaving a web host that I’ve been with for 10 years and creating a new site elsewhere for displaying my photos.  It’s slow work because the size and resolution for all the photos is different from the old site.  It’s been good in one way though.  After ten years, I have come to the realization that some of the images don’t deserve to be on the new site.  Others do, but need to be processed not just from a master file, but from scratch because I don’t think I did a very good job processing them previously.

I’ve made the first go-round for Birds and Mammals (I’ve barely begun the Landscapes Portfolio) and I’m now digging a little deeper in my photo catalogs.  Here’s a bald eagle photo that I didn’t put up in the first round, but I think I will.  (Good day to post a bald eagle image.)  If you’d like to take a look at what bald eagle images I have up so far you can click here.

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Independence Day and Our Nation’s Symbol

Photo of a bald eagle perched on a broken branch.
Bald Eagle on Snag

A bald eagle perches on a driftwood limb on the shore of Kachemak Bay, Alaska.

There was a nice article in our paper today about a man here in Marin County who collects all things relating to the bald eagle.  His name is Preston Cook.  In addition to collecting, Preston has given much time to helping the bald eagle.  Among his efforts were many years spent on the board of the American Bald Eagle Foundation.  You can see the story here.

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Bald Eagle Recovery Anniverary

Photo of a bald eagle soaring over Kachemak Bay, Alaska.
A bald eagle soars over Kachemak Bay.

Today is the fourth anniversary of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s announcement that the bald eagle had recovered and would be removed from the list of Threatened and Endangered Species.  It had been listed since 1967, first as an endangered species, and later as a threatened species.  The main reason for its listing was the wide-spread use of DDT which had caused thinning of egg shells.

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Our Nation’s Symbol

Photo of a bald eagle about to take off.
Ready for Takeoff!

After I posted the photo of the three eagles on September 11 I thought of another photo I took a couple of years ago.  To me, it epitomizes what a bald eagle should look like as our Nation’s symbol.  I’m thankful that I’m not posting a photo of a turkey at this point.

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Anniversary of Delisting of Bald Eagle

One bald eagle bites another.
One Bald Eagle Bites Another.

Today is the third anniversary of the removal of the Bald Eagle from the Endangered Species List.  This is one of the greatest success stories under the Endangered Species Act.  Unfortunately, it doesn’t always work out this way.